2013 Houston Rockets.. Youngest team in NBA history to make the playoffs?

At least that's what was said on the post game radio broadcast (fvck you CSN!)

Anybody know if this is true? Where would you even find a stat like that? They are incredibly young so I wouldn't doubt it. Plenty of growth potential with this team if they can continue to make the right moves.

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Originally Posted by 1987_Lakers

23. OKC was younger in 2010.

Not true.. I just did the math myself going by NBA-reference.com's team rosters guides

The 09'-10' Thunder had a average age of 25.17

The 12'-13' Rockets have a average age of 24.3

So maybe the stat I heard on the radio is true.. Houston may be the youngest team in NBA history to make the playoffs. Impressive, especailly when you consider this is the first season they've played together (only player left from last year's roster is Chandler Parsons)

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Originally Posted by TMac&Luther

Not true.. I just did the math myself going by NBA-reference.com's team rosters guides

The 09'-10' Thunder had a average age of 25.17

The 12'-13' Rockets have a average age of 24.3

So maybe the stat I heard on the radio is true.. Houston may be the youngest team in NBA history to make the playoffs. Impressive, especailly when you consider this is the first season they've played toghter (only player left from last year's roster is Chandler Parsons)

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This in order of MPG in the playoffs. These 9 were the rotation in the playoffs. Guys like Etan Thomas, Kevin Ollie, and Kyle Weaver only played in 1 or 2 playoff games. The 9 I listed also played 55+ games in the regular season. If you want to make it an even 10, I could throw Kevin Ollie in there who was 37, but he only played in 25 games, so I didn't include him. Obviously the average age goes up quite a bit if you include Ollie and Thomas, but since neither played in more than 25 games and since neither played in the playoffs, I'm not including them.

Durant - 21 years old
Jeff Green - 23 years old
Westbrook - 21 years old
Ibaka - 20 years old
Krstic - 26 years old
Collison - 29 years old
Sefolosha - 25 years old
Harden - 20 years old
Maynor - 22 years old

Average Age: 23.0 years old

Average age of Rockets top 9 in terms of MPG (and guys still on the team):

Harden - 23 years old
Parsons - 24 years old
Lin - 24 years old
Asik - 26 years old
Delfino - 30 years old
Garcia - 31 years old
Beverly - 24 years old
Greg Smith 22 years old
Motiejunas - 22 years old

Average Age: 25.1 years old

So, if you go by that, the Thunder in 2010 were actually younger. Hard to say how you should really figure the Rocket's average age since they traded away some players. I believe the Thunder were maybe the 2nd youngest team ever to reach the Finals. Want to say I read or heard somewhere the '77 Blazers were the youngest.

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Originally Posted by noob cake

Our starting 5 will probably go down as the youngest ever.

While it's just a matter of a few 10ths of a year (whatever that comes down to in days and months), OKC's starting 5 in 2010 was younger than Houston's starting 5 this year. And I don't even know if that's the youngest starting 5 to ever make the playoffs. It probably isn't.

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Originally Posted by KG215

This in order of MPG in the playoffs. These 9 were the rotation in the playoffs. Guys like Etan Thomas, Kevin Ollie, and Kyle Weaver only played in 1 or 2 playoff games. The 9 I listed also played 55+ games in the regular season. If you want to make it an even 10, I could throw Kevin Ollie in there who was 37, but he only played in 25 games, so I didn't include him. Obviously the average age goes up quite a bit if you include Ollie and Thomas, but since neither played in more than 25 games and since neither played in the playoffs, I'm not including them.

Durant - 21 years old
Jeff Green - 23 years old
Westbrook - 21 years old
Ibaka - 20 years old
Krstic - 26 years old
Collison - 29 years old
Sefolosha - 25 years old
Harden - 20 years old
Maynor - 22 years old

Average Age: 23.0 years old

Average age of Rockets top 9 in terms of MPG (and guys still on the team):

Harden - 23 years old
Parsons - 24 years old
Lin - 24 years old
Asik - 26 years old
Delfino - 30 years old
Garcia - 31 years old
Beverly - 24 years old
Greg Smith 22 years old
Motiejunas - 22 years old

Average Age: 25.1 years old

So, if you go by that, the Thunder in 2010 were actually younger. Hard to say how you should really figure the Rocket's average age since they traded away some players. I believe the Thunder were maybe the 2nd youngest team ever to reach the Finals. Want to say I read or heard somewhere the '77 Blazers were the youngest.

Why would you discount the games they won (which helped them make the playoffs) by players who were dealt at the deadline. Making the playoffs takes a entire collective season of wins and effort. You can't just throw out the wins they had with other players who are no longer here and then add in just the players they finished the season with, it doesn't make sense. See you adding in Garcia who just now started playing with Parsons and Delfino out, yet you disregard all the minutes/games Patterson and Morris put in.

Houston was a younger team. Granted OKC had a younger playoff rotation, but the fact remains Houston was the youngest collective roster to qualify for the NBA playoffs.

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Originally Posted by TMac&Luther

Why would you discount the games they won (which helped them make the playoffs) by players who were dealt at the deadline. Making the playoffs takes a entire collective season of wins and effort. You can't just throw out the wins they had with other players who are no longer here and then add in just the players they finished the season with, it doesn't make sense. See you adding in Garcia who just now started playing with Parsons and Delfino out, yet you disregard all the minutes/games Patterson and Morris put in.

Houston was a younger team. Granted OKC had a younger playoff rotation, but the fact remains Houston was the youngest collective roster to qualify for the NBA playoffs.

Like I said, it's hard to figure the Rockets average age since they traded away some younger payers. I'm not saying the should be discounted or you should throw out their wins, but they're also not actually part of the team that made the playoffs anymore. So correctly figuring out their average age is tough. I have no problem if you want to include Patterson and Morris. I was just going by the top 9 in MPG of the actual playoff roster.

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Coach McHale 4 Coach of the Year! He has the most inexperienced tm ever on brink of West Playoffs! Also,6th youngest tm ever 2make playoffs

Daryl Morey's tweet, so even the GM concedes that this Rockets aren't the youngest. However, I think a previous tweet (can't find it now) mentioned that based on previous season's minutes, the Rockets have the least experienced team in the playoffs.